Posts Tagged “Lead”

walmart used to sell a lead refill that had multicolors but i can’t remember the name. it had blue and red and like 6 other colors…help please? :) thank you!

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Do they do it because sex sells so they put the best looking up front? I wonder if it’s a mutual agreement….

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they are about 7 inches long and about 2 inches thick. they are in the form of a square that has the corners twisted, from the top they resemble a pinwheel a bit. they are thicker on the bottom and heavy as heck! im just looking for a guestimation, not to sell. i dont know anything about crystal and was curious. thanks in advance.

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I wouldn’t
as soon as i know they date or marries with whites, automatic SELL OUT
there is NO way i would accept someone as a leader if they choose to date the enemy. Nor would i take anything seriously that they claim as “pro-black”
That is the reason why MLK’s father told him not to marry that white woman, he knew MANY blacks(maybe not the sell-outs on here) would NEVER follow someone like that.

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Home Page > Business > Sales > Annuity Lead Scam Watch

Annuity Lead Scam Watch

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Posted: Nov 03, 2006 |Comments: 0
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Although annuity lead scams are out there, agents agree that leads are the lifeblood of their business. No matter how good the products or presentation, without a qualified prospect there can be no sale. Annuity agents also agree there is a vast difference between a lead and a qualified prospect. If you are among the majority of agents who depend on lead generating companies to supply both prospects and suspects, you need to know the standards and definitions of a legitimate lead, a qualified prospect, and an outright scam.


Leads fall into two categories, raw and qualified. Raw leads are generated according to demographics. Qualified leads are further refined by the subject’s level of interest in you and your products. All leads should be filtered by specific criteria which often includes age, income, geography and possibly home ownership and marital status. When you pay extra to have your leads qualified, you refine your list of suspects down to prospects.


Annuity lead costs can range from 10¢ to 75¢ for each name on a raw list, up to $10 to $35 each for individuals who have qualified themselves by (a) knowing who you are, (b) knowing what you sell, and (c) agreeing to talk to you further. Internet leads and direct mail/direct response leads are often well qualified and worth the investment. Insist on exclusivity (you are the only agent getting the lead) and freshness (the fresher the better). Anything less can be a waste of time.


Telemarketing is still a viable means of lead generation, but there are two red flags to watch out for. Beware of companies using immature, inexperienced telemarketers who have an hourly quota to fill or who get paid per lead generated. Ask specifically who makes the calls and how they are paid. Another bad omen is the telemarketing company that charges per lead instead of by the hour. In my 30 years in the lead business I have never found a telemarketing company that consistently generates a predetermined number of leads at a fixed cost without compromising the quality. Unfortunately, most annuity agents opt for the false sense of security of knowing how many leads they get for their money instead of how good the leads will be. Quality is always the bottom line.


The gold standard of qualified leads is the preset appointment. This prospect fits the demographic and is further qualified by (a) knowing who you are, (b) knowing what you sell, and (c) agreeing to meet with you at a time and place to hear your presentation. Salespeople of all persuasions yearn for the days when they can leave prospecting behind and just do what they do best: sell and close, sell and close. But this yearning often overpowers better judgment, and many promising careers have been cut short by preset appointment programs that sound great but just don’t deliver.


Ironically, the preset appointment program I hear cursed most often is the one promoted by the highest grossing field marketing organization in the country. Every agent I talk to (that’s 100%) describes them as a complete waste of money. One agent told me he was quoted a fee of $5,614 for 40 appointments, of which only 25 would be replaced in case of a no-show. As expected, their standard operating procedure is to use immature, inexperienced telemarketers who have an hourly quota to fill or who get paid per lead generated. They also charge per appointment instead of by the hour.


In all fairness to legitimate annuity lead producers, however, there are three things an agent must do with every lead or appointment that often get neglected. First, assuming the leads can be emailed or posted to a web calendar as soon as they are generated, the agent must call the prospects and confirm the appointment time, place and date. Do not talk product. Just confirm and show up.


Second, if you purchase direct mail/direct response leads, do not take the lazy approach of calling for an appointment. It is imperative you use the Drop-By System. If you try to skip the work by calling for an appointment, you are just another junk phone caller even though they signed the postage-paid card and mailed it back asking you to call them. Your appointment setting rate will struggle to reach 20%. But if you follow the Drop-By System to the letter, your appointment setting rate will soar to between 60% and 80%.


Third, before you spend any money on annuity leads or preset appointments (or before you use up the free leads your marketing organization gave you as a recruiting bonus), make sure your presentation and close are well rehearsed and brightly polished. I often hear agents say, “Just give me someone to talk to, I can sell anybody.” The next thing I hear from them is, “These leads stink!”


Annuity lead scams are out there. But fortunately, there are enough good companies to keep faith (and production) alive. If you want to report on an exceptionally good, or bad, annuity lead generating company you’ve had experience with, please drop me a line by clicking on one of the links in my bio below.

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http://www.Free-Insurance-Leads.com Gary Le Mon is a wholesale distributor of fixed indexed annuities for Allianz, American Equity, Sun Life Financial, and ING. Author and developer of the Safe Money Seminar, a financial planning seminar for Seniors, Gary serves as guest speaker on behalf of agents and agencies nationwide. He is coach, mentor and motivator to over 700 general agents in his insurance marketing organization, InsuranStar Marketing. See also Insurance-Lead-Programs.com

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The fees for S.F.I. leads range from as low as 5% up to 18%. If your current fully loaded marketing costs are over 10-15% or more, this may look workable. However, remember you may be called upon to put displays in the stores and man those displays as well.

Do the arithmetic, when you add the cost of in store displays, demonstrators or others required to do floor time you may detect another 8 or 9% – which when added to the fee paid could total 24 or 25%.

You have to confirm the leads, set the appointments and train salespeople to handle this “third party source” – still, it might be workable. Provided you can attain margins which permit this excessive marketing cost and still make a net profit.

Most of these S.F.I. partners supply heavy traffic for your exposure and many are equally demanding as to what and how products will be sold. They have a legitimate concern because they fear that aggressive selling will “put the squeeze” on their customers. Thus, the need for upgraded sales training is required. Beyond which you will also have to develop an ongoing relationship with the store manager and those other persons with which you have to interact. Whether you consider the terms or actions excessive or unfair – it’s their turf and you have to learn to act according to their culture.

You may find that S.F.I. partners require that you cover multiple stores and respond to each lead promptly. Thus the smaller sales organization may rapidly get inundated with leads which they can’t service promptly. Moreover, it requires a blending of two extremely different cultures. S.F.I. dealers (home improvement contractors) often salivate thinking of the potential of abundant leads, failing to understand that big box stores who advertise “lowest everyday prices” stimulate that kind of thinking for their customer, so the prospect you get may be conditioned to getting the lowest prices irrespective of the top of the line product you may offer. As one of our clients who has an S.F.I. relationship puts it, “The customer is looking for Nordstrom quality and service, at Walmart prices.” Thus S.F.I. dealers need to look carefully at their attitudes about customer satisfaction, then extend them to meet the requirements of their new strategic partner.

Another concern is if the relationship will last? Some years ago Lowe’s had such a program which had numerous manufacturers and hundreds of dealers involved. When they cancelled the program abruptly, those dealers involved were forced to remove their samples and displays from Lowe’s stores, to cease taking leads and discontinue selling practices.

Those dealers involved, scrapped their sample cases, presentation books, brochures, and sometimes uniforms which identified them with the Lowe’s program. In addition the programs and personnel dedicated to the S.F.I program for which the cost of hiring, training and development had been expensed, had to be written off.

Arguably, Lowe’s had experiences with some dealers within the program which they saw as unfavorable. If they saw this as a threat to their customer service image, they believe they acted wisely. However, this case makes it requisite for a dealer to examine thoroughly and act prudently prior to simply jumping on the bandwagon with an S.F.I. program.

The same may be said of involvement with a brand name which offers exclusivity as to product and territory. Frequently agreements tend to be overtly in their favor, begging the questions: What if they decide to introduce a similar product in your territory? What if they introduce a product under another name, yet, similar design or demand unrealistic quotas for product purchases or performance, or have unilateral cancellation privileges favorable to them?

On a positive yet sobering note, for those getting involved in either an S.F.I. or brand program, there is a retraining process that is necessary. Many of our valued clients have strong partnerships with brand name merchandisers. It does however require developing a new or modified sales and marketing model with explicit controls on sales styles and presentation methods, but with all these cautions, it is still workable for those who plan structures and control their new model.

Two questions are inherent in our evaluation of these kinds of relationships. The first is – Are the fees fair? The answer is – not in all cases. Certain “big box stores” make a 2 or 3% pre-tax net profit which requires purchasing, storage, merchandising, packaging and tons of personnel. In the case of a 10 to 18% S.F.I. fee, they may put little effort into the partnership except to extract a fee which requires little or no investment beyond their good name and some middle management interaction.

The other problem is a “clash of cultures”. Big home improvement product-oriented-retail merchandisers seldom understand the true dynamics of how a sale is accomplished in the home and do not put much energy into finding out how it is actually done. Neither are they aware of the numerous and enigmatic issues involved with hiring and training specialty salespeople to perform a customer appreciated sales methodology.

In truth, the “in-store big box customer” frequently places a strong value on the brand name relationship, yet is used to purchasing without the necessity of the abundant discussions that go into a home improvement project or the psychological dynamics that are present in a professional in-home presentation – the lack of which, can create high levels of customer dissatisfaction if the sale is made.

In many cases the S.F.I dealer unconsciously becomes subject to “big box” policy – as an example the store may have a policy of, “If you are not completely satisfied, return the product and we will refund your purchase price”. While this is great for cash and carry products, it can be costly when a customer desires to cancel long after the 72 hour [3 working days] rule of rescission has expired. In some cases where custom windows were sold, measured, then made to order, the policy when enforced by the store leaves the dealer with inventory that could be un-sellable because of custom sizing.

The final caution deals with cash flow. Once you make the marketing investment, advance your salesperson a portion of the commission, order and pay for your product, permits, and installation costs and ultimately have a satisfied customer (in most cases) you will wait for payment because your “big box” partner does not remit payments until the job is fully completed and customer satisfaction is assured.

The latter, is not a condemning statement. Your strategic partner has every right to have these assurances, it is nonetheless, important to understand that you will dramatically increase your accounts receivable with this model of interaction.

All that being said, S.F.I. relationships with brands or “big box” stores represent an effective method for lead development provided there is fairness to both parties, a proper plan for utilization and control is implemented.

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Without promotion any product can fail to reach its target customer and with nice promotion it can achieve great growth. That is why every company wants to promote its products aggressively. Sometimes promotion techniques work and sometimes they do not. That is why to make it effective companies are opting for customized lead generation techniques. In such techniques leads are generated through those methods which are tried and tested on different parameters.

These are B2B lead generation methods which is business to business deal helping a lot in sales lead generation. This kind of customized lead generation techniques are very successful because almost all significant online ventures are using these techniques. Now, suppose you are selling posters, teddy bears or greeting cards online and you are not getting the customers that you deserve. In such cases you can take choose an online gift shop which would promote your gift items.

In this kind of customized lead generation method both the websites get benefits from each other. Its quite wonderful. Most people perceive this kind of lead generation practice very complex but it is not true. The complete process is quite easy which involves bringing two compatible companies together to do business. Both the companies do business with each other and any how they do it for each other. The business of one company is related to the business of the other company and this is how both are compatible. Any customized lead generation method is very profitable and this kind of practice is playing a significant role in a company’s revenue.

Various companies are choosing Internet marketing tools like search marketing and online banners for customized lead generation. Companies also use an Email campaign and they also offer free services, business reports or profiles. These all activities attract target audience and it is profitable in the long run. So, choose customized lead generation methods and make profit online.

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